Comprehension Ability: I Forge a Villainous Longevity Family

Chapter 799: Chapter 562: Flesh and Blood, Weak and Painful

At thirteen thousand miles underground, they had reached the True Flow Layer.

Chen Zhixing had just arrived here when he heard a noise that was so piercing it made him dizzy, echoing into his Sea of Consciousness and affecting his True Spirit, unstoppable as it poured into his mind.

"Flesh is weak... Spirit Ascension... Flesh is weak... Spirit Ascension...."

The voice seemed to come from the Netherworld, like lost souls mourning in the afterlife, its chaos and penetrating strength making Chen Zhixing frown involuntarily.

"What a bunch of nonsense, get lost!"

A sword in his heart lightly hummed, and immediately, a flash of sword light flickered in Chen Zhixing’s eyes, cutting through and excluding the noise that had drilled into his mind.

At the same time, Chen Zhixing transformed into the powerful Ox Demon Star Formation, reaching down into the magma pool below with a fierce grab.

Along with the scalding lava being seized by the Ox Demon Star Formation, the figure disturbing the Divine Sense was also grasped in the palm of the Ox Demon Star Formation. At a glance, it indeed appeared to be a Drought Fiend whose corpse had reddened after death!

However, something was clearly amiss with this Drought Fiend.

Not only had it failed to master the Flame Tao Divine Techniques it should have been innately endowed with, but even its Divine Sense seemed problematic. Even after being seized from the magma pool by Chen Zhixing, it could only repeat that phrase.

"Flesh is weak... Spirit Ascension..."

"Flesh is weak, Spirit Ascension?"

Repeating the Drought Fiend’s words, Chen Zhixing fixed his gaze on the Fiend’s body.

Three seconds passed.

In mid-air, a slightly smaller Ox Demon claw emerged, delivering several slaps to the Fiend’s face.

"You keep harping about weak flesh, yet your shell is even tougher than Li Er’s by several degrees? Given that, where do you get the nerve to harp on about weak flesh?"

Saying this, Chen Zhixing gave the Drought Fiend another round of slaps.

No specific reason, other than that the Drought Fiend’s words were simply infuriating!

In terms of Li Er’s physical body, if Li Er’s body were rated a ten in strength, then the Drought Fiend before Chen Zhixing must be over seventy. Now imagine, someone who has trained their physical body to an almost indestructible level says to you "flesh is weak"—how is that different from a billionaire telling you they don’t love money?

Even if it’s true!

But you first need an indestructible body like that to have the right to despise the flesh, and saying this to those who haven’t even perfected their physical body is just asking for a beating, isn’t it?

Anyway, Chen Zhixing was really ticked off by it.

He delivered a few more slaps to the Drought Fiend and, seeing that its True Spirit was genuinely extinguished, leaving not even a trace of thought—a mere remnant of instinct—Chen Zhixing exasperatingly withdrew his Divine Techniques. After thinking it over, he fetched a black coffin from the small green bottle and stuffed the innately flawed Drought Fiend into it.

Once it was inside, he sealed it and put it back into the small green bottle, using the Ziwei Dharma Body within to suppress it.

After completing these actions, Chen Zhixing finally felt at ease and spoke softly to himself:

"Looks like this was an old fella who took the path of the physical body to the extreme, only to find it a dead-end, leaving behind a corpse that doesn’t decay and an obsession with ’Spirit Ascension’ after death?"

Chen Zhixing was already quite familiar with the concept of Spiritual Ascension.

In fact, this was the cultivation system beyond the Longevity Realm in the Celestial Profound Realm. The Taoist Lord of the Spirit Realm would Harmonize with the Spirit Body, and then ascend to immortality by using the Great Tao to protect the Spirit Body—essentially, it was Spiritual Ascension.

Hence, Chen Zhixing found it easy to accept this concept.

But, can the flesh truly not ascend?

Chen Zhixing did not know.

Logically speaking, his current body could not be considered a fleshly body. After all, he had fully transformed into a Chaos Body by the time he reached the Nirvana Realm, which was fundamentally a form driven by Primordial Spirit composed of Chaotic Qi. Yet, due to the unique nature of the Chaos Tao Body, it still retained the qualities of life. In essence, he was a fence-sitter between the way of the flesh and the way of the spirit.

To say he achieved the Tao through the flesh is valid, as his body indeed remains alive, being inherently a Chaos Body from birth, an undeniable fact.

To say he achieved the Tao through the spirit is also accurate, as Chaotic Qi is inherently a form of energy, and post-Nirvana, Chen Zhixing can be described as a spirit driving Chaotic Qi to achieve the Tao.

Of course, only a Chaos Body can achieve this. At least among the various life forms Chen Zhixing knew of, only a Chaos Body could maintain it—transforming the physical body entirely into Chaotic Qi while still retaining life’s characteristics. For non-Chaos bodies, such a state would mean failed Nirvana, with the True Spirit long gone to the Spirit Realm and transformed into Golden Nature!

"I must admit, having such an Innate Physique is indeed advantageous. Yes, the Chaos Body truly deserves to be called the crown of Innate Dao Bodies. Regarding the ease of cultivation and achieving the Tao, it naturally excels far beyond other physiques."

Thinking of this, Chen Zhixing felt a sense of joy.

No choice, the Drought Fiend just now was downright terrifying—not to mention, it possessed a posthumous shell far stronger than the living Huayu Immortal Venerable. Yet, this nearly saintly being had an obsession with ’flesh is weak, Spirit Ascension’....

This person believed they had chosen the wrong path!

And moreover, a path from which there was no return, only leading to endless demise!